California Gold Initiates Property-Wide Surface Geological Mapping at the Fremont Project and Extends Private Placement
Despite the presence of several historically producing gold mines on the Property, and the extensive development work conducted on the property in the 1980’s by other operators, the Company believes that only 15-20% of the surface area of the total 3,351 acre land package comprising the Fremont Property has been geologically mapped to-date.
“Although the Fremont Property first started producing gold about 150 years ago, the level of geologic knowledge about the overall Property remains surprisingly low because previous operators focused only on the main mineralized belt structure”, said Chad Williams, Interim President and CEO. “Interestingly, the recent structural geologic work that we completed indicated the potential for gold-bearing systems parallel to the main known belt – we are eager to advance our knowledge of the Property’s geology to follow up on this potential”
The details of the mapping program are as follows:
- Estimated 74 line-kilometers of geological mapping traverses in total;
- Eight-member mapping crew comprised of undergraduate geology students and recent geology graduates from California State University Stanislaus and California State University Fresno;
- Supervision of the program and compilation of the results onto a detailed geological map by Mark Payne, the Company’s senior consultant geologist; and
- Estimated time to complete the entire program is roughly 3 weeks
Once this latest surface geological mapping program is completed, the Company hopes to gain a detailed understanding of the lithological make-up of the entire Property. The Company’s management team views this mapping program as a critical first step in identifying the full mineralization potential for the entire land package, and delineating additional targets for future exploration.
Extension of Private Placement
The Company also announces that it has received the consent of the TSX Venture Exchange to extend its private placement originally announced May 16, 2014. The Company now expects to close the private placement near the end of August.
About California Gold Mining Inc.
California Gold Mining Inc. (formerly Upper Canada Gold Corp. TSX-V:UCC) is focused on exploring and then developing its flagship Fremont gold project in Mariposa County, California. The project consists of a land package totaling 3,351 acres of historically producing gold mines. The Fremont Property lies within California’s prolific Mother Lode Gold Belt that has produced over 50 million oz of gold historically. The Company purchased the property in March 2013.
Mr. Vishal Gupta, the Company's Chief Operating Officer has reviewed and approved this press release. Mr. Gupta is a P.Geo., registered with the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario (APGO), and a Qualified Person (QP) as defined under National Instrument 43-101 regulations.
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Vishal Gupta, Chief Operating Officer
647-977-9267 x333
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